He posted it first to a blog and then was advised by friends to send it on to officials. So Royal sent it to NBC 7 Tuesday morning and asked us to forward it to investigators.

We traced the fire to a neighborhood near Washingtonia and Cocos where we found resident Jesus Garcia and asked him what he recalls from that day.

“Three fires all within 30 minutes of each other,” said resident Jesus Garcia “There’d be no reason for it other than embers or arson.”

His best guess?

As an engineer, he needs data. “Possibilities are endless, and speculation is not my style,” Garcia said.

When NBC 7 showed the image to Cal Fire spokesperson Kendal Bortisser, he sent the picture on to the investigation team that has been working around the clock to determine the cause of a series of fires that damaged or destroyed 47 homes and scorched more than 22,000 acres.

Bortisser didn’t have an estimate on the number of tips and photos they’ve received and didn’t have a time frame for a result from the investigation.